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Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant hit a baseline jump shot with 4.2 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up a six-game road trip by holding on to beat the Raptors 94-92 on Sunday, their eighth victory in nine meetings with Toronto
Arc's five up, five down: After No. 11 Michigan State's 58-48 upset of No. 3 Ohio State, you'd be a fool to discount the Spartans' national title chances now.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Golf's dream pairing - Woods and Mickelson - is on the course in the final round at Pebble Beach. Jason Sobel has hole-by-hole reports.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Euro Roundup: First-place Manchester City won 1-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday on Joleon Lescott's goal in the 63rd minute, maintaining its two-point lead over Manchester United in the Premier League.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
Robins: It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Lunar calendar, and this Chinese influence could extend to it also being the year of the Pekingese on the green carpet at the 136th Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday.
Mihalik, who once used steroids but now advocates for a clean workout regimen, is dubious of law enforcement crackdowns. He predicted the recent sweeps across the country will do little to stem the flow of steroids.
“I was thinking back to the days of Prohibition, where the government spends thousands, maybe millions of dollars in manpower and money and effort in a losing cause,” the muscular 59-year-old personal trainer lamented. “Because you can’t stop people from doing what they want to do.”
He said legalization and regulation are the only remedies.
“When I see them spending millions of dollars and agents that could be used for Homeland Security? I mean, we’ve got start worrying about our malls being blown up.”
He also warns that taking a substance whipped up in some guy’s basement carries its own peril.
“Who knows what impurity you’re injecting into your bloodstream?” he said.
Law enforcement officials who have carried out steroid raids echo that belief, saying they are often appalled by the filthy conditions of the labs.
“We found a dirty warehouse with bins of these vials laying around,” said Bill Walsh, an investigator in the Nassau County District Attorney’s office. “The end product looks fairly sophisticated, but where it’s made, you would never want to put this into your body.”
Labs have become more prevalent as dealers have realized that the process of cooking up steroids is relatively easy. Drug Enforcement Administration special agent Erin Mulvey said that once dealers obtain the raw steroid powder, all they need is to do is add basic ingredients such as alcohol, peanut oil, flaxseed and sesame and cook the mixture up.
And because of sophisticated Internet encryption software, prosecutors have been stymied in determining the recipients of shipments made from these labs, which were largely sent to customers by mail. It is also difficult to determine the sources of the raw material because of encryption techniques, prosecutors said.
“We would love to know, ’Did it hit a kid? Did it hit a gym coach?”’ said Teri Corrigan, an assistant prosecutor in Nassau County. “Was the high school coach, God forbid, doing something stupid with the kids under his charge? We want to know that. We’re not there yet.”
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Robins: This year, six new breeds will be making their debut on the green carpet for the Westminster Dog Show, which begins Monday.
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